EARTH

State regulators may have used outdated research to create logging boundaries.

As the search for Flight 370 enters its fourth week, investigators have become increasingly frustrated as time and time again their leads turn out to be dead ends.

Microbes spewed huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere, which dramatically changed the planet's climate and its oceans' chemistry.

The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the U.N., ruled Monday that Japan’s whaling efforts in the Antarctic were unjustified. The court ordered Japan to cease whaling in that region.

The landslide occurred in Snohomish County and was possibly triggered by a week of heavy rainfall that swelled rivers in the region.

The Moroccan government is overhauling agriculture policies that date back decades, but change isn’t cheap.

The U.S. Virgin Islands is attempting to lure small businesses with substantial incentives. Here's how they're do it.

In an unusually robust and emotional speech, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned of "catastrophe" unless Russia changes course.

Expanding the search area to the Indian Ocean would be consistent with the theory that the 777 may have detoured to the west about an hour after take-off from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing.

An environmental tax bill that China's legislators are reviewing would help combat smog - a chronic problem as the nation modernizes.

The sea-ice cover in the Southern Ocean in Antarctica has been relatively stable, while Arctic sea ice has been declining rapidly.

Zhou Yongkang is reportedly under virtual house arrest, while the government investigates charges of corruption against him and his colleagues.

As climate change accelerates ice melt and sea levels continue to rise, scientists warn that global warming jeopardizes our cultural heritage. They found that a rise in global temperatures of just over 5 degrees Fahrenheit would threaten 20 percent of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Researchers have found the oldest piece of the Earth's crust yet discovered, a zircon crystal that is 4.4 billion years old.

University of Hawaii scientists have been tracking the spread of debris from the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011.

Seagoing drones could serve important roles in conservation and environmental safety.

Attention wanderlust would-be island-goers: TripAdvisor has located Earth’s most alluring dollops of land.

The man behind the Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual “liveability” report is the first to admit that “liveability” is a hard word to define.

Burke Museum officials were called in to investigate the discovery.

José Salvador Alvarenga has been called both the greatest survivor in recorded history and the world's best hoaxer. Who's telling the truth?

The Chinese spent most of their money on regular goods over the traditional New Year holiday, not on luxury items.